M. Wolff Author Signing at The Atlas Collective

Name: M. Wolff Author Signing at The Atlas Collective
Start: 2025-09-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-12T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 1801 5th Avenue, Moline, IL, United States, Illinois 61265

Schedule

Fri Sep 12 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1801 5th Avenue, Moline, IL, United States, Illinois 61265 | Moline, IL

M. Wolff, local author of Body Problems and Associate Professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Augustana College, will join us on September 12th for a book signing and discussion!
Wolff will give a presentation on their book and have a Q&A with the audience. They’ll include photos and other information that didn’t make it into the book for behind-the-scenes insight.
We will have copies of the book available to purchase prior to and at the event as well!

Description
In Body Problems, M. Wolff offers groundbreaking insight into Sally Gross, a South African intersex priest and activist whose body was continuously policed and politicized. Gross’s role in founding Intersex South Africa and her involvement with the African National Congress are celebrated in the Apartheid Museum, but the complex dimensions of her life—from her Jewish heritage, Christian priesthood, and Buddhist practices—remain largely unexplored. Wolff illuminates these lesser-known aspects of Gross’s spirituality and theorizes her resistance to the regulation of intersexuality. The book urges readers to rethink bodies and belonging, particularly as they relate to formations of gender and religion. Wolff presents Gross’s life as a guide for discerning our commitments to social justice and responsible relations. Body Problems is a timely and expansive contribution to ongoing discourses on the medical, religious, and political construction of bodies.
Author: M. Wolff was born in South Africa during apartheid and raised mostly in the U.S. They were a first-generation college student and are now an Associate Professor of Religion and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Wolff engages queer theory, crip theory, and Black studies to advance justice for transgender and intersex people. They teach on race, sexuality, religion, and ethics.